Rioting students kill Cairo police chief amid university clashes
Egyptian students at Fuad I University Medical School kill Police Chief Selim Zaki Pasha with a grenade during protests over Palestine. Dozens of officers are dead or wounded as 259 students are arrested while Premier Nokrashy vows to use all authority. Bunche visits Cairo with security.
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Cairo
Egypt
Selim Zaki Pasha
Fuad I University Medical School
Ralph Bunche
U. N
Palestine
Mahmoud Fahmy Norhrashi Pashi Pasha
Bunche
Jamil Mardam Dey
Syria
Iraq
Independence Party
Middle East
Nokrashy
Mahmoud Fahmy Nokrashy
Ibrahim Shawki Bey
Uni
Shoes for Shoeless Boys Holiday Fund Drive List
A dated community appeal lists donations and donors including Graham Surghnor Lodge, Mrs Geo Holmes, Mamie Jo Miller, Ruth Kepner, Johnnie Ruth Duval, Louis Masur, Eva Heller, Henry Heller, and News Star World Publishing. It ends with a plea to aid struggling families and a note about a Christmas fund drive.
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Graham Surghnor Lodge
Wks
Geo
S. Holmes
Mamie Jo
John Miller Topghse
Johnnie Ruth Duval
Ruth Inez Kepner
David Heller Masur
Louis Masur
Louis Mabor
Sng
Cals da
Tig Eds Wails
Eva F. Heller
Louis Wires
Secssserse
Seeree
Disaster at Yangtze refugee ship Kiangya kills thousands
In the Yangtze estuary explosion of the 2,099 ton Kiangya more than 3,200 Chinese were feared dead or missing. The ship, sailing from Shanghai to Ninghsien, sank within an hour after the blast. Officials warned the final toll may never be known.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Kiangya
Ninghsien
Ningpo
China Merchant Steam Navigation Company
Community Christmas Tree project announced by North Monroe Lions Club
The Lions Club publicity director announces a long term project named The Community Christmas Tree. It envisions decorating a large tree and building a Santa Claus throne at Central Grammar School as part of a community effort. The note also calls for chairs and pictures for the old folks’ home at 904 Jackson Street.
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Jackson Street
Jes’ Ramblin
North Monroe
Secret Army Formation Reported by House Committee
The House Un-American Activities Committee says about 800 Moscow trained American Communists act as high officers of a secret army drilling to overthrow the government. The pamphlet cites education as a prime avenue for Communist activity and notes Lenin school training in Moscow for sabotage and espionage.
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Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
United States
Lenin School
Moscow
United
Impending battle to decide Futur Chiang direction near Nanking
Impending clash between Communist and Nationalist forces south of Suchow could shape the future of the Chinese government. Reinforcements totaling about 75 000 bolster Yangtze river defenses around Nanking as Chen Yu moves 125 000 troops to block the government march. Communist columns about 50 000 engage government units ten miles south of Suchow with reported heavy casualties.
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Nanking
Suchow
Hankow
Yangtze River
Chen Yu
Suchon
Chen Yi
Hwai River
University faces architect decision on Red River project
Louisiana State supervisors defer to university on hiring an architect for the Red River Valley Experiment Station near Bossier City. The division of administration withheld approval and proposed D Curtis Smith of Monroe, while Neild and Somdal of Shreveport were named by the university. The board weighs university autonomy versus state contract rules.
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Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana State
University
Governor's Office
Division of Administration
Board of Supervisors
Red River Valley Experiment Station
Bossier City
Neild and
Troy Middleton
Smith
J. Y. Fauntleroy
New Orleans
West Monroe youth arrested in automotive theft case
Winford Sharp, 23, of West Monroe, charged with theft of an automobile and hit and run driving after a Saturday morning collision. Three people suffered minor injuries, including Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Taylor and their son W. A. Taylor. Sharp fled the scene but was captured. Sean D. Jackson was held as a material witness. The stolen car belonged to A. C. Richardson of Chattham.
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Winford Sharp
West Monroe
Monroe
C. L. Taylor
Grayling Lane
W. A. Taylor
Jackson
Grammont
Taylor
Post Office
Sharp
Sean D. Jackson
A. C. Richardson
Chatham
St. Francis Sanitarium
Three Prescription Departments Closed in Louisiana
Ferriday Louisiana December 4 Special Eugene W Vogt head of the state pharmacy board says six Louisiana drug stores six stores, three in north and three in south, were forced to close their prescription departments for employing unregistered pharmacists. The law has prohibited unqualified staff for years but enforcement began after Earl Long's election. Vogt will review the six cases at a New Orleans board meeting in June.
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Ferriday
Eugene W. Vogt
Ferriday Druggrs
State Pharmacy Board
Louisiana
Vogt
Earl Long
New Orleans
Explosives Truck Explodes Near Throckmorton Texas
A explosives truck rammed into a ditch four miles south of Throckmorton at 2 pm and disintegrated. Willis Buchanan a Throckmorton rancher was killed along with another man. Jack King 23 of Wichita Falls was injured and taken to Olney hospital. The blast damaged a home knocked out power and started a grass fire.
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Throckmorton
Tex
Abilene
Woodson
Willis Buchanan
Jack King
Wichita Falls
Olney
FE. L. Crepsinger
Crepsinger
Truman Heralds Missouri as Symbol of Peace Power
President Truman reviewed the 45,000 ton battleship Missouri in Norfolk and called it a symbol of might in peace. He attended the transfer of a $10,000 281 piece silver service donated by Missourians and presented by Governor Donnelly to Captain James Thach Jr. The ceremony followed the ship’s history as the site of Japan’s surrender in 1945.
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Norfolk
Truman
America
Missouri
Tokyo Bay
Washington
t+o
State of
Phil Donnelly
James Thach, Jr
West Monroe Officer Completes Twenty Years Service
Sgt. M J Banister a 66 year old Wes Monroe Police officer now desk sargeant will complete twenty years with the city tonight at 10 pm. He lives at 604 N Seventh has served under four chiefs and four mayors and holds twelve years seniority over the department's oldest member. He praises cooperation from officers and city administrations and hopes to serve another twenty years in law enforcement.
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M/J Banister
Wes Monroe
Banister
N. Seventh
West Monroe
Force
Berliners Vote in Pivotal City Election Amid Cold War Tension
Nearly 2 million Germans behind the Iron Curtain were urged to vote for freedom and against communism in Berlin’s decisive city election. With Communists boycotting, turnout above 80 percent would be hailed as a Western victory while light turnout could signal German endorsement of Soviet aims. Clear weather aided a heavy vote and an airlift brought 4 754 tons of relief.
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Donald Doane
Berlin
Iron Curtain
Ferdinand Friedensburg
United States
Senator Thomas Plans Four Point FarmParity Fight
Sen. Elmer Thomas of Oklahoma said he will lead a four point program in the next Congress to keep farmers prosperous and farm prices near recent highs. He noted farmer support in the election and will chair the Senate Agriculture Committee when Democrats take control.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
D.-Okla
Congress
Thomas
Senate Agriculture Committee
Oklahoma
National Guard Armory Dedication At Ruston
Major General K F Cramer presided as a $30 000 Ruston armory was dedicated after a four planecelled air display. Eight Louisiana and Arkansas high school bands joined over a thousand guardsmen from twelve infantry companies in ceremonies and a downtown parade. Magnolia Ark high school band won first prize with El Dorado band second in trophies announced at the dedication.
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Leon
Noland, Jr
K. F. Cramer
National Guard Bureau
Washington, D. C
Ruston
National Guardsmen
Percy Fant
National Guard
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Baton Rouge
Randolph Field
Texas
New Orleans Naval Air Base
Little Rock
Ark
Louisiana
Arkansas
Cramer
Eral Raymond F. Hufft
R. W. Burns
Air Training Command
Joseph A. Redding
39Th Infantry Division
Air Force
Louisiana Tech
Magnolia, Ark
el Dorado
Quake causes damage across Southern California without fatalities
A rolling quake centered in distant hills rattled cities from Santa Barbara to El Centro injuring with cracked plaster and broken windows but no deaths or serious injuries. Buildings in Palm Springs Twenty Nine Palms and Ontario reported damage while facilities in Los Angeles Arlington and Victorville noted effects.
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Los Angeles
Here
San Bernardino Mountains
Banning
Morongo
Palms
India
Santa Barbara
Fresno
San Diego
el Centro
Colorado River
Arlington
Ontario Daily Report
Victorville
Long Beach
California
Four Men Held After Winnsboro Shooting of 14 Year Old
A 14-year-old Negro boy Dan Gordon was shot near his home in Franklin parish and is hospitalized with a chest wound. Four men Harmon Futch T A Kendricks Sherwood Futch and Elton Futch were detained and later admitted firing toward the boy to scare him.
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Winnsboro
Dan Gordon
Franklin Parish
Hiram Waller
Waller
Harmon Futch
T. A. Kendricks
Sun Ray
Tex
Sherwood Futch
West Monroe
Elton Futch
Rayville
Gordon
Here
Monroe
Forest Club
Harmon
Sherwood
Elton Futeh
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Chamber of Commerce
Clippard Radio Laboratory, Inc
Cincinnati
Ohio
NEA Telephoto
Queasy City
Wight
Ruston Armory
Solon
Agriculture Committee
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